It was the first time the Iowa newspaper had endorsed a Republican for president since it backed Richard Nixon in 1972.

“It was a little surprising to read that editorial because it didn’t seem to be based at all in reality, not just in the president’s record but in Mitt Romney’s record,” Cutter said on ABC’s “This Week.” “It says he’d reach across the aisle when he’d do the exact opposite…He’s never once stood up to the far extreme right wing.”

The best example of that? Just this week, Romney refused to take down his ad endorsing Senate candidate Richard Mourdock after the Indiana Republican said it was God’s will when a woman gets pregnant through rape, Cutter said. Romney distanced himself from those remarks, but said he still supports the candidate.

The Obama campaign, Cutter said, feels pretty good that The New York Times, Miami Herald, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Toledo Blade, and other newspapers have all endorsed the president.